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different nature from that hitherto supposed, and he proposes referring 

 it to the parasitic genus Erisyphe ; the precise species of which 

 cannot be satisfactorily determined until its ascophorous fruits shall 

 have been observed, as the two secondary modes of multiplication 

 already observed (naked acrogenous spores and polysporous fruits) 

 are not sufficient to distinguish it from many of its congeners. (Lee- 

 man, Berthold) Remarks on Passifloraceae and Turneraceae. These 

 orders, confessedly closely allied, are proposed to constitute one and the 

 same natural family of plants ; the connecting link being the American 

 genus Eriblichia, one of these peculiar genera the discovery of which will 

 always produce great changes. Botanical information — Plants of Boazel ; 

 Bourgeau's Spanish Plants; British Hieracia; Linden's South American 

 Plants. Notices of Books — Steetz's Family of Iremandrex (Die Familie der 

 Iremandreen, &c.) ; Botanists' Word-book (Macdonald and Allan) ; Mono- 

 graphic des Maratteacees (De Vries and Harting) ; Notes on Welwitsch's 

 Cryptogamic Plants collected in Portugal, 1842-50 (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 

 March : — (Thwaites, G. H. K.) New Genera and Species of Ceylon 

 Plants ; (Bentham, George) Florula Honkongensis, comprising Genera 

 allied to Euphorbiaceae ; (Roe, J. S.) Report of a Journey of Discovery 

 into Western Australia ; (Smith, John) Observations on a remarkable Cy- 

 cadeous Plant from Port Natal. Botanical Information — Pine-leaf Fibre 

 of the Silesias and Bahamas Plants of Armenia, Mons. Huet de Pavilion's 

 collection of ; South American Plants, Mr. Spencer's collection of ; Plants 

 of the North of Western Australia, Mr. Drummond's collection of ; Plants 

 of Tunis, appointment of M. Kralick as collector of. Notices of Books — 

 Carpary Geneva Plantarum Flora Germanica, Fasc. xxvii. ; (Klotzoch, J. 

 F.) Uder Pistia ; (Lindley, Professor) Folia orchidacea, Part v. London, 

 1854. 



The Journal of Industrial Progress (Edited by W. K. Sullivan). No. 

 1, January; No. 2, February; No. 3, March. 8vo. Dublin: W. B. 

 Kelly. Price Is. each part. 



If, in the present day, there can be any necessity to reply to the question, 

 " What practical end do the researches of the scientific naturalist ever tend 

 to ?" an answer might be readily found in the pages of this most promising 

 Journal. We can only refer here (as is the case with other serials) to 

 those papers which are connected with the pursuits of the naturalist. 



No. 1, January : — (Sullivan, W. K.) On the Undeveloped Resources of 

 Ireland — No. I., Application of Fish Offal and Marine Exuvia to the Manu- 

 facture of Artificial Manure. 



